Agreed. Unfortunately, gaming has changed quite a bit. People's tastes in games have changed. The jrpg's we all remember fondly and love so much have mostly been replaced with western rpg's, and the 2D and 3D platformers have been mostly replaced with 1st person shooters. It really sucks, and although they might make a comeback someday, they will probably never again be quite as popular and numerous as they once were. If you look at other super popular things from the past that made a comeback, they were never quite as hot the second time around, nor did they last as long as the first time.
Most RPG series were overshadowed by final fantasy. But to be honest, final fantasy is highly over rated and not nearly as enjoyable as over series like Breath of Fire, Lufia, Persona, Suikoden.
@@paulmiller7838 depends on which Final Fantasy we're talking about. I prefer.... BoF3/BoF4>>>first 6 Final Fantasies BoF3/BoF4=FF7/FF8 BoF3/BoF4>>>FF9/FF10
@@NatsaryahTX Can't say I agree, 5, 9 and 6 are my favourites in the FF series 7 and 8 are just average imo I also prefer BoF2 (when properly translated) over BoF3, 4 is my favourite BoF though
They did they series dirty after DQ with their idiotic decision to go mobile. Gaming these days is a shell of it's former self. At least I got to experience the golden age when games were still great. Bof 1 and 2 were my favs, 3 and 4 were also good, miss the days of passionate developers.
I'M FROM FUTURE AND WE GOT FINAL FANTASY 7,8,9 , GRANDIA REMASTERED SO THERES HOPE FOR BREATH OF FIRE 3&4, SUIKODEN 1-4(WOULD SETTLE FOR 1,2) LEGEND OF DRAGOONS, FINAL FANTASY TACTIC to come out..... Ps loved video even though I'm late you got a new subscriber
Alright, I'll say it, I'm the only one who's going to say it. I love Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter. Pretty good story, great graphics, I absolutely love the battle system, the ant village is my favorite of all the town mini-games, the game starts out at ancient high-tech setting, and the optional dungeon is well done. I really wish it had been received better.
Andres Marrero You can easily turn into a dragon in like 25% to 40% of your battles and be just fine. It's more a resource management mechanic than a punishment mechanic. It just means you start over with more skills, better items, and try to manage your resources better not that you lose everything and start from zero.
@@georgeclinton4524 it kills you causing you to restart and replay the game all over again. That is a punishment that is slightly mitigated that you somehow keep all that stuff, but it does drain on people's attention and patience because no one wants to play the same story beats over and over again. It is a punishment with a consolation prize attached. That's poor game design, especially the care mechanic of the franchise is your ability to turn into a dragon which is nullified here because it kills you. So the one thing that people look forward to in a breath of fire game is a punishment, not to mention you hardly look like a dragon at all and the story isn't interesting enough to justify having to restart from the beginning with all the frustration and boredom that initiates. It is no wonder that it is pretty much hated.
Adres Marrero I played it again last year on a fresh save without remembering how most of the systems work and I got through without having to restart once and turned into a dragon whenever I felt like it. It's really not as difficult as you're making it out to be. If you're having to restart multiple times you either are refusing to learn very basic mechanics or probably aren't good at interfacing with games in general. The story where you live trapped in a high-tech subterranean mega-complex as part of a repressive caste system that you have to rebel against to take a dying girl to a surface world that everyone has forgotten exists, even the dragon-gods who oversee it, isn't interesting? Your partner who becomes your rival, sacrificing everything including his life just to have the power you were freely granted, a ruler who was granted the same power you were but didn't have the courage to see it through standing in your way hoping you are powerful enough to defeat him, human genetic experimentation and the hero's self-sacrifice and willingness to go against the whole world to save 1 innocent victim isn't interesting? Have you ever actually played BOF: DQ all the way through or are you just complaining based on your reaction to an initial hour or two playing it before you dropped it forever?
Crapcom should really drop the series and stop throwing mud all over the title. 3-4 were the best rpgs i've ever played, great story RPG mechanics(classic). I tried 5 but dropped it middleway and 6... I don't even want to touch it. You know since sprites aren't that hard to be made maybe someone could start another game based on bof sprites as an indie game. :)
The stories in each Breath of Fire are very self-contained but it will help the situation if you have played previous games since references will be made to the previous entries.
BoF 3 is without any doubt the best in the series and one of the best jrpg in my opinion! So many little details in this game that you have a different playthrough anytime, while you learn new things about the game. Also the concept of turning into a dragon fits far better than just having dragon attacks. Only thing I don'tget is that the end indicates the start for BoF 4 yet we have different characters all of the sudden and Ryu is suddenly a stranger again at the start.. They should have taken BoF4 into BoF3 completly or as a sorta expansion version
I am currently playing SMT 3: Nocturne, not knowing that people think it's too hard. It's not too hard, and is pretty damn enjoyable for the most part. I want try out another rpg or try out strategy rpgs for the first time. I heard the shining force series was pretty good for new SRPG players, I might try that or just play a BoF game for that sweet sprite work.
Each and every title is dear to me. Honestly dragon quarter was awesome. It was a rogue like game before it was popular on console and before indie games.
breath of fire 3 was the only game of the series I have play and not got that far but that might be as I enjoy being the dragon at the start and shaking to get out
0:53 - its actualy BoF2 from GBA released 2004 i think, the orginal snes version hat a lot bether interface, not taking so mutch screen place 7:00 - there was a windows version of BoF6 relesed? Where cann it be fount / bouth?
there's no way 5 didn't inspire SMT 3 a little or share the same inspiration source, great aesthetics to that game like wow looks stunning for Shin Megami Tensei, but I can see why it rubbed BoF fans the wrong way 5 could have been absolutely fantastic, but somehow capcom failed in the gameplay where Atlus succeeded
No it was defunct not long after release. An actual dead game. The same happened to Grandia Online, and that killed that series even before. So Capcom had to know that would happen.
Firt one is still the best for me. I love them all including 5 (6 just does not exist). But BOFI is the seminal one, so strange, mystic, quietly slow... I even love the Mangas from the series (BOFI and IV have their own manga version).
![What happened to the Breath of Fire series? [The History of Breath of Fire]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/nTBmsBLJG4Q/mqdefault.jpg)
God damn bring back breath of fire to consoles again capcom, damn it.
Series like suikoden ,bof,grandia must come back for the sake of humanity.
Hell yes!
god damn right
Agreed. Unfortunately, gaming has changed quite a bit. People's tastes in games have changed. The jrpg's we all remember fondly and love so much have mostly been replaced with western rpg's, and the 2D and 3D platformers have been mostly replaced with 1st person shooters. It really sucks, and although they might make a comeback someday, they will probably never again be quite as popular and numerous as they once were. If you look at other super popular things from the past that made a comeback, they were never quite as hot the second time around, nor did they last as long as the first time.
They're all coming back in Nintendo Switch
And then they gave us Breath of Fire 6... why is this world so cruel?
Breath of fire 4 ! Oh, the childhood memories.
breath of fire and suikoden is the game that make me love jrpg
Same here!
If resident evil, strider, and ghost n ghoul having a remake.
I really want BOF to have a remake.
I still play BoF III every now and then, man I love that game. Ryu, Rei, and Momo make the best team in the game IMO.
andrewsallee peko is underatted
that's my team too.
My team is ryu,moko,nina or ryu,nina and rei
I use them all through the story. But my favorite team is Ryu, Nina, Rei.
This franchise was highly overshadowed by final fantasy and highly underrated.
Most RPG series were overshadowed by final fantasy. But to be honest, final fantasy is highly over rated and not nearly as enjoyable as over series like Breath of Fire, Lufia, Persona, Suikoden.
Paul Miller Tales Of series
@@paulmiller7838 depends on which Final Fantasy we're talking about. I prefer....
BoF3/BoF4>>>first 6 Final Fantasies
BoF3/BoF4=FF7/FF8
BoF3/BoF4>>>FF9/FF10
@@NatsaryahTX Can't say I agree, 5, 9 and 6 are my favourites in the FF series
7 and 8 are just average imo
I also prefer BoF2 (when properly translated) over BoF3, 4 is my favourite BoF though
@Shaman X whoa whoa whoa calm down my guy those are not garbage games you must not have played them
They did they series dirty after DQ with their idiotic decision to go mobile. Gaming these days is a shell of it's former self. At least I got to experience the golden age when games were still great. Bof 1 and 2 were my favs, 3 and 4 were also good, miss the days of passionate developers.
i would pay for a remake of BOF II
Christian Marchant totally agree
I wanna know what really happened to ryu’s sister
@@xzyTiNg ikr
@@xzyTiNg she is the bat thief :)
Best BoF story
I'M FROM FUTURE AND WE GOT FINAL FANTASY 7,8,9 , GRANDIA REMASTERED SO THERES HOPE FOR BREATH OF FIRE 3&4, SUIKODEN 1-4(WOULD SETTLE FOR 1,2) LEGEND OF DRAGOONS, FINAL FANTASY TACTIC to come out..... Ps loved video even though I'm late you got a new subscriber
Breath of fire 1,2 were great loved 3 I even got the dragon amulet as a tattoo on my forearm
Breath of Fire III was my childhood
breath of fire 2 is my favourite one..soo nostalgic😭
The best is finaly Breath of Fire 3 On PS1
BigBlackBootyDaddy THE BEST IS BOF3 YOU DUMB PIECE OF SHIT!!!!!
Grégory Sion I AGREE!!!!
The best is dragon quarter you re stupid
I m joking
Youri Le maudit what if someone says 6 was the best breath of fire game
@@bigchungusgamer22bruh27 probably he is drunk or drugged
Normal Battle theme of BOF3 hits me everytime i hear it.
Alright, I'll say it, I'm the only one who's going to say it. I love Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter. Pretty good story, great graphics, I absolutely love the battle system, the ant village is my favorite of all the town mini-games, the game starts out at ancient high-tech setting, and the optional dungeon is well done. I really wish it had been received better.
No doubt that it is a good RPG, but it isn't much of a BoF anymore to be honest..
You can't really expect it to be recieved well when the core mechanic of turning into a dragon is more of a punishment that means instant death.
Andres Marrero You can easily turn into a dragon in like 25% to 40% of your battles and be just fine. It's more a resource management mechanic than a punishment mechanic. It just means you start over with more skills, better items, and try to manage your resources better not that you lose everything and start from zero.
@@georgeclinton4524 it kills you causing you to restart and replay the game all over again. That is a punishment that is slightly mitigated that you somehow keep all that stuff, but it does drain on people's attention and patience because no one wants to play the same story beats over and over again. It is a punishment with a consolation prize attached. That's poor game design, especially the care mechanic of the franchise is your ability to turn into a dragon which is nullified here because it kills you. So the one thing that people look forward to in a breath of fire game is a punishment, not to mention you hardly look like a dragon at all and the story isn't interesting enough to justify having to restart from the beginning with all the frustration and boredom that initiates. It is no wonder that it is pretty much hated.
Adres Marrero I played it again last year on a fresh save without remembering how most of the systems work and I got through without having to restart once and turned into a dragon whenever I felt like it. It's really not as difficult as you're making it out to be. If you're having to restart multiple times you either are refusing to learn very basic mechanics or probably aren't good at interfacing with games in general.
The story where you live trapped in a high-tech subterranean mega-complex as part of a repressive caste system that you have to rebel against to take a dying girl to a surface world that everyone has forgotten exists, even the dragon-gods who oversee it, isn't interesting? Your partner who becomes your rival, sacrificing everything including his life just to have the power you were freely granted, a ruler who was granted the same power you were but didn't have the courage to see it through standing in your way hoping you are powerful enough to defeat him, human genetic experimentation and the hero's self-sacrifice and willingness to go against the whole world to save 1 innocent victim isn't interesting?
Have you ever actually played BOF: DQ all the way through or are you just complaining based on your reaction to an initial hour or two playing it before you dropped it forever?
Crapcom should really drop the series and stop throwing mud all over the title. 3-4 were the best rpgs i've ever played, great story RPG mechanics(classic). I tried 5 but dropped it middleway and 6... I don't even want to touch it. You know since sprites aren't that hard to be made maybe someone could start another game based on bof sprites as an indie game. :)
do i need to play 1&2 to understand the story of 3&4?
The stories in each Breath of Fire are very self-contained but it will help the situation if you have played previous games since references will be made to the previous entries.
@@GARCIIIAmonster No
What will definitely in top 5 richest but not as good a suikoden 1 and 2 but we talkin about just story watch
Breath of fire 4 probably has to be my favorite
Breath of Fire IV simply the best for me
i just love everything about that game, the music, npc, the world, the atmosphere
Let’s just settle the debate right here and now:
The Best BoF is...
1-4, period!
BoF 3 is without any doubt the best in the series and one of the best jrpg in my opinion!
So many little details in this game that you have a different playthrough anytime, while you learn new things about the game.
Also the concept of turning into a dragon fits far better than just having dragon attacks.
Only thing I don'tget is that the end indicates the start for BoF 4 yet we have different characters all of the sudden and Ryu is suddenly a stranger again at the start..
They should have taken BoF4 into BoF3 completly or as a sorta expansion version
100% my guy and case somebody didn't see it 100% 100% 100% 100% on RPG GANG GANG GANG GANG
My favorite JRPG series. I love Breath of Fire so much.
Nice video! I'd like to see more History Of
Thanks! I plan to do more. Its a good side project to do in between SRW games.
good old breath of fire 3, beside ff7 one of my favourite games ! so much nostalgia. AND THERE WAS NO PREORDER, DLC OR SOMEWHAT bull***t ;)
I am currently playing SMT 3: Nocturne, not knowing that people think it's too hard. It's not too hard, and is pretty damn enjoyable for the most part. I want try out another rpg or try out strategy rpgs for the first time. I heard the shining force series was pretty good for new SRPG players, I might try that or just play a BoF game for that sweet sprite work.
Each and every title is dear to me. Honestly dragon quarter was awesome. It was a rogue like game before it was popular on console and before indie games.
breath of fire 3 and 4 are the best imo.
I also loved 2 for it's religious themes.
Wasn't a fan of 1 though.
damm best game series ever
My favorite Nina in thumbnail!
i didnt knew breath of fire 4 had spin offs on mobile exclusively for japan....
wooooow I had never played a game of this saga ;w; its awsome
breath of fire 3 was the only game of the series I have play and not got that far but that might be as I enjoy being the dragon at the start and shaking to get out
Play more, it starts slow but by the adult ryu part it gets very very good.
Awesome. I should think of a series for ya to do but i don't have one off the top of my head.
I couldn't stop frowning during the last minute or so of the video.
I would be happy to see a new, hand drawn breath of fire for modern consoles.
Nina is the cutest thing ever in all games, how do they manage it
One of my favorite characters in videogames overall.
Especially #2 with the dark wings... I always liked Lin / Katt so much too
Breath of fire 3 is probably the best with the best music and storyline.
Once all of the RPG, it is necessary to return to 2D is the origin.
0:53 - its actualy BoF2 from GBA released 2004 i think, the orginal snes version hat a lot bether interface, not taking so mutch screen place
7:00 - there was a windows version of BoF6 relesed? Where cann it be fount / bouth?
I love BOF 4 so much!
BOF 2 is the best story ever.
Nothing tops BOF2!
Well there is BoF 3 for a reason ;)
Calvin - Freerun, yeah to make money & keep a story going...
Yes, BoF3
@@SeventhheavenDK, I've actually never played 3, so I can't speak on that.
This is cool and all but you're showing clips from bof 2 GBA (2002). The Snes version from 1994 actually looks alot.
Nice my 2nd favorite JRPG
there's no way 5 didn't inspire SMT 3 a little or share the same inspiration source, great aesthetics to that game like wow
looks stunning for Shin Megami Tensei, but I can see why it rubbed BoF fans the wrong way
5 could have been absolutely fantastic, but somehow capcom failed in the gameplay where Atlus succeeded
BOF IV THE BEST
look at it... beautifull isnt it ???? doesn't it inspire you? isnt it retro to a sense that its just.... legendary??
errm well..... bof 5 deserves some love too but it sucks thats why it deserves some love :(
i just don't understand what the FUU happened with BoF 6, and "5" i don't also think is proper sequal. 4 was best, and last, of the numbered series.
Where's the New Breath of Fire Games has English Voices?!?!?😢
Breath of fire 2 did not look anything like the Breath of fire 2 I know and love. Help?
I was using footage from the GBA version of BOF2.
didnt know you liked breath of fire.
One of the first few videos I uploaded was Breath of Fire related. So yeah, I have deep love for the series.
ahh its one of the rpg series ive yet to actually play i should since this is capcom and around the time i was playing the X series
+D180223 Liked the 2nd installment of Breath of Fire.
damn i hate it being so underrated
bof 2 has the best storyline
Too bad VI is only available in Japan and only on mobile phones.
No it was defunct not long after release. An actual dead game. The same happened to Grandia Online, and that killed that series even before. So Capcom had to know that would happen.
D180223 which one is your favorite bof.
The first one.
+Norin Radd 3 then 4
Firt one is still the best for me. I love them all including 5 (6 just does not exist). But BOFI is the seminal one, so strange, mystic, quietly slow... I even love the Mangas from the series (BOFI and IV have their own manga version).
BOF 4 ! :)
2...but it could use a little 3 in there!
Bof 6 when?????
Only in japan and it is a shitty mobile game that has nothing todo with BoF anymore
Even 5 quarter dragons was more BoF than 6 will ever be...
Stupid capcom ruined breath of fire franchise cuz release the stupid game which is 6th
Thay happened since Dragon Quarter.
Breath of fire for the PS2 kinda...sucks!
yousef hussain totally sucks.
breath of fire fell off after 4 .
be funny if snk made one called
site of lightning
Dragon Quarter is where the series DEvolved...
Nice troll. The last two aren't breath of fire games.
....They're *not*. >:( Fkn fite me.
Everything after BoF IV is an insult to every Fan
Breath of Fire 1 and 2 is on Nintendo Switch.